It's not often Beyonce lyrics will spring to mind in a discussion about politics , but these days there's a certain line that seems incredibly fitting.

The UK now faces the possibility that by the end of the year we could have females in the roles of Prime Minister, leader of the opposition, First Minister of Scotland and First Minister of Northern Ireland - as well as women leading the Green Party, Plaid Cymru, Scottish Conservative Party and TUC.

Add to this the fact that Angela Merkel is already Chancellor in Germany and Hillary Clinton could be President of the United States and you've got quite a strong argument for the fact that ladies are doing very well for themselves in world politics.

Women received the same voting rights as men in 1928 after being given the right to be elected into British Parliament in 1918.

Less than 100 years later, they might well be running it.

How could the UK look?

Theresa May

May has launched a leadership bid (Image: Reuters)

Theresa became only the second woman to be recruited to the post of Home Secretary when she was appointed in May 2010.

Yesterday she launched her bid for the Tory leadership, pledging that “ Brexit means Brexit” and that there would be no general election before 2020.

If she gets the PM job, she will be only the second woman in British history to take on the role after Margaret Thatcher in the late 1970s.

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Angela Eagle

Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary who resigned from the shadow cabinet on Monday, leaves her home (Image: Getty Images)

Eagle is the Labour MP for Wallasey, and was Shadow Business Secretary until she resigned in a bid to unseat Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the party.

It's understood she intends to run to replace him as Labour leader, with sources close to Ms Eagle saying that she "has lots of support from MPs."

Could we have a female Prime Minister and female leader of the opposition simultaneously?

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon has raised the possibility of a second Scottish independence referendum (Image: Getty)

The First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party, since 2014, Nicola Sturgeon ran for PM in the 2015 General Election.

Following the news that the UK had voted to leave the European Union, Sturgeon immediately stated that her country’s overwhelming support for staying in the EU gave her a mandate to hold a fresh poll on Scotland’s future.

In a powerful speech, she said: “As things stand, Scotland faces the prospect of being taken out of the EU against our will. I regard that as democratically unacceptable.”

Arlene Foster

The Prince of Wales receives Mrs Arlene Foster, First Minister of Northern Ireland

Arlene Foster has been the First Minister of Northern Ireland since January of this year and the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party since December 2015 and is the first woman in history to hold either post.